By 2013 Samsung was one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, but it had a reputation of building plastic phones at a time when Apple, HTC, Sony and others were pushing metal as the material of choice for flagships.
Samsung was also at the forefront of a trend it started, that of extra large screens. The large, plastic Galaxys had little overlap with the small, metal iPhones.
In case you’ve been losing sleep over whether that leaked Samsung invite video was real, fret no more. Samsung itself confirmed this evening that it plans to show off “new, innovative devices that will shape the next decade of mobile experiences” at a…
Samsung confirms Galaxy S11 event for February 11th
January 5, 2020
The next Galaxy flagship smartphone from Samsung is indeed being announced on February 11th. After the date was discovered earlier today thanks to an unlisted video, Samsung has now confirmed that its Unpacked event will be held that day in San Francisco.
There’s little…
2019 Winners and Losers: Motorola
January 5, 2020
Another year is passing by and Motorola kept on pushing entry and midrange phones. We also got a break from the norm with the company’s long-awaited foldable phone – the rebord Razr. Let’s see what was good and not so good for the storied company in the past year.
Winner: Razr 2019
As a whole 2019 seemed relatively unremarkable for Motorola as it continued to focus on its…
LG may have a simple approach to fighting the next Galaxy S phone — offer a no-nonsense flagship. Well-known tipster OnLeaks and CashKaro have shared CAD-based renders of what they says is the G9, and it appears to be a slightly refined take on the G8X that revolves…
Samsung’s next Unpacked event, where it usually unveils its flagship devices, may be just over a month away. An unreleased promo video unearthed by Twitter user @water8192, This is Tech Today and Max Weinbach of XDA Developers teases the launch of a new Galaxy device…
Realme X2 and X2 Pro get December security patch and Dark Mode toggle with latest updates
January 4, 2020
Realme released a software update for the X2 Pro in China last week that brought along a Dark Mode toggle and December 2019 security patch to the flagship. The rollout has now expanded to India, but the update comes with a tad different changelog. You can check it out below:
Security
Android security patch: December 2019
Launcher
Added click the blank area to back to the launcher on recent…
Apple continues stunning ‘Shot on iPhone Experiments’ series with new ‘Fire & Ice’ video
January 4, 2020
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New Nokia retro phone may be coming by the end of the month
January 4, 2020
News came in yesterday that the follow-up to the Nokia 9 PureView, an alleged Nokia 9.2, has been delayed to allow for the use of the newer Snapdragon 865 chipset. Well, it appears that we might be in for a consolation phone release in the meantime in the form of a new Nokia ‘original’.
This is the 4th year I buy new shoes in anticipation of #CES and #MWC and it looks like this will…
